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Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Undefeated Pinoy, Docyogen takes on Japanese MMA fighter in One
FC in KL

by rick olivares

On Saturday, February 2, 2013, the undefeated Filipino mixed
martial artist Rey Docyogen takes on Japanese fighter Shinichi Kojima in the
One Fighting Championship: Return of Warriors at the Putra Stadium in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.

The match has implications because the winner will get a shot at
the One FC Flyweight title.

Docyogen (10-0) is one of the most exciting mixed martial artists
to have ever emerged from the Philippines and who has smashed his way through
the flyweight and pinweight divisions in the country. He is the reigning URCC
pinweight champion.

What Docyogen lacks in stature he more than makes up for in
strength and determination and he is renowned for his devastating ground and
pound. He has four wins by stoppage due to strikes and four wins by submission
which is testament to how well rounded he is.

Kojima has much more experience in the octagon than the Filipino
although he is sporting a mediocre 12-5-5 record. The Japanese fighter out of
Yokohama once started out like a house on fire as he tore through the Shooto
organization. He began his career with a sterling 7-1-4 record before stumbling
since 2007 going 5-5-1 leading up to his match with Docyogen. Kojima is coming
of a loss to Korean Nam Jin Jo via decision.

Incredibly, both fighters are coming off a long lay-off.
Docyogen last fought in February 2012 while Kojima’s last octagon foray was in
March of the same year.

Said Docyogen who fights out of Team Lakay in Baguio City, home
to such MMA stalwarts like Eduard Folayang, Kevin Belingon, and Honorio
Banario, "I've been training very hard for this fight. It's the first time
I would be fighting for ONE FC and I am very honored to be given this
opportunity. A victory in this fight against Shinichi Kojima would grant me a
flyweight title shot down the road and I am very much looking forward to that.
My ultimate goal is win the ONE FC flyweight championship to go with my URCC
pinweight title.”

Docyogen’s training is intensive as he does hill runs alongside
Banario to improve their cardio to go with lots of hard sparring sessions.
Banario will be up against another Filipino, undefeated Eric Kelly, for the One
FC Flyweight championship belt.

Added Docyogen: “I've been preparing for this fight just like
how I prepare for my other fights. I've been working really hard on my
striking, on my takedowns and on my submissions. I've watched a few of Kojima's
fight to anticipate what he might bring, but I do not believe he will bring
anything to the fight that I have not seen before. I feel well prepared for
whatever Kojima throws at me. I will defeat Kojima and become flyweight
champion."

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